A computer-implemented method for managing crop harvesting activities is implemented by a harvest advisor computing device in communication with a memory. The method includes receiving an initial date of a crop within a field, receiving an initial moisture value associated with the crop and the initial date, and receiving a target harvest moisture value associated with the crop. The method also includes receiving field condition data associated with the field. The method further includes computing, by the harvest advisor, a target harvest date for the crop based at least in part on the initial date, the initial moisture value, the field condition data, and the target harvest moisture value, and displaying the target harvest date for the crop to the grower for harvest planning. The target harvest date indicates a date at which the crop will have a present moisture value approximately equal to the target harvest moisture value.
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3. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving the black layer date of the crop by one or more of (i) receiving a provided maturity date of the crop from the user device and (ii) computing, by a processor, an estimated maturity date of the crop based at least in part on a planting date of the crop.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving an initial moisture value includes one or more of (i) receiving a provided moisture value of the crop on a maturity date from the user device and (ii) computing, by the computing device, an estimated moisture value of the crop on the maturity date.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the crop is corn, and wherein the black layer date is a black layer date for the corn.
11. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media in accordance with claim 9, storing additional instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform: receiving the black layer date of the crop by one or more of (i) receiving a provided maturity date of the crop from the user device and (ii) computing an estimated maturity date of the crop based at least in part on a planting date of the crop.
12. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media in accordance with claim 9, wherein receiving an initial moisture value includes one or more of (i) receiving a provided moisture value of the crop on a maturity date from the user device and (ii) computing, by the computing device, an estimated moisture value of the crop on the maturity date.
14. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media in accordance with claim 9, wherein the crop is corn, and wherein the black layer date is a black layer date for the corn.
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